1. Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
   "Woodwaxen is also known as dyer's greenweed"; "dyer's-broom is also known as dyer's greenweed"; "dyeweed is also known as dyer's greenweed"; "woadwaxen is also known as dyer's greenweed"; "Genista tinctoria is also known as dyer's greenweed";
   - woodwaxen, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria

Derived forms: dyer's greenweeds

Type of: broom

Part of: Genista, genus Genista

Encyclopedia: Dyer's greenweed